Water quality model of the Danube in its Bulgarian part

Models for predicting river water quality could assist protection and utilization of water resources under alternative management strategies. The model of the water quality characteristics of the Danube is based on an ecosystem approach. Considered are all waste water discharges and inflow of tributaries among the catchment area. The identification of model parameters is realized according to the method of integral transformation. For the performance of the model a computer program was elaborated. It is applied in predicting the water quality of the Danube considering almost 20 indicators for the abiotic and biotic parameters of river ecosystem.